Pleiness: Red Wings' informal skate a little lightly-attended today

According to the Macomb Daily's Chuck Pleiness, more than a few of the Red Wings' usual "informal skate" suspects took Sunday off:

September 12, Macomb Daily: It’s a Sunday, the Lions are playing and Michigan and Michigan State
both won Saturday, so maybe that’s why there are so few skaters at the
informal skate at Joe Louis Arena.

Making his first appearance was Aaron Downey, who was invited to training camp in Traverse City.